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The following is a transcript of an interview with 2024 Republican presidential hopeful Nikki Haley, the former U.S. ambassador to the U.N., that aired on Feb. 11, 2024.MARGARET BRENNAN: We want to b stanley cup egin today with the last candidate standing between Donald Trump and the Republican nomination. That is former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley. She s on the cam stanley polska paign trail in North Augusta, South Carolina and joins us this morning. Good morning to you.NIKKI HALEY: Thanks, Margaret, for having me. MARGARET BRENNAN: So Ambassador, you have made mental acuity a signature issue for your campaign for the stanley becher better part of the past year, you re handing out paper copies now of a cognitive assessment. When do you plan to take it and are you at all concerned that you might turn off some older voters NIKKI HALEY: I have no problem taking it. And what I ve said is we need to have mental competency tests for anyone over the age of 75. I don t care if we do it for 50 and up. But what happened with Joe Biden this week, and what we ve seen with Donald Trump is another example of why. We have to face the reality of the fact that when you get to those ages, you get diminished. These are people making decisions on our national security. These are people making decisions on the future of our economy. We need to know they re at the top of their game. When I say this in front of seniors or anyone, they all agree there s a reason 70% of Americans don t want to Icro Pelosi Defense: Couldn t Object In 03
The retirement of Justice Sandra Day O Co garrafinhas stanley nnor gives President Bush a golden opportunity to push the Supreme Court in a more conservative direction. But if he pushes too hard to the ri stanley cup ght, he s likely to touch off a titanic battle with Senate Democrats who have vowed to block any nominee they view as straying too far from the mainstream.If the president does decide to avoid an all-out fight with the Democrats, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales would be a logical choice. Mr. Bush is known to think highly of Gonazles, who has a more moderate image than many others whose names have been mentioned. Gonzales elevation would also give the GOP a political boost with Hispanics, whose political strength and voting power has been making steady strides. Weekly Standard editor William Kristol, who last week correctly predicted that O Connor -- and not Chief Justice William Rehnquist -- would be leaving the court -- thinks that Mr. Bush will go with Gonzales. President Bush will appoint Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to replace O Connor, Kristol wrote. Bush certainly wants to put Gonzales on the Supreme Court. Presidents usually find a way to do what they want to do. Kristol, a conservative, expects Mr. Bush to placate fellow conservatives with two main arguments: Gonzales won t be replacing a conservat stanley water jug ive stalwart like Rehnquist, and is likely to be at least as conservative as O Connor, who was viewed as a court moderate. Mr. Bush will
The following is a transcript of an interview with 2024 Republican presidential hopeful Nikki Haley, the former U.S. ambassador to the U.N., that aired on Feb. 11, 2024.MARGARET BRENNAN: We want to b stanley cup egin today with the last candidate standing between Donald Trump and the Republican nomination. That is former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley. She s on the cam stanley polska paign trail in North Augusta, South Carolina and joins us this morning. Good morning to you.NIKKI HALEY: Thanks, Margaret, for having me. MARGARET BRENNAN: So Ambassador, you have made mental acuity a signature issue for your campaign for the stanley becher better part of the past year, you re handing out paper copies now of a cognitive assessment. When do you plan to take it and are you at all concerned that you might turn off some older voters NIKKI HALEY: I have no problem taking it. And what I ve said is we need to have mental competency tests for anyone over the age of 75. I don t care if we do it for 50 and up. But what happened with Joe Biden this week, and what we ve seen with Donald Trump is another example of why. We have to face the reality of the fact that when you get to those ages, you get diminished. These are people making decisions on our national security. These are people making decisions on the future of our economy. We need to know they re at the top of their game. When I say this in front of seniors or anyone, they all agree there s a reason 70% of Americans don t want to Icro Pelosi Defense: Couldn t Object In 03
The retirement of Justice Sandra Day O Co garrafinhas stanley nnor gives President Bush a golden opportunity to push the Supreme Court in a more conservative direction. But if he pushes too hard to the ri stanley cup ght, he s likely to touch off a titanic battle with Senate Democrats who have vowed to block any nominee they view as straying too far from the mainstream.If the president does decide to avoid an all-out fight with the Democrats, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales would be a logical choice. Mr. Bush is known to think highly of Gonazles, who has a more moderate image than many others whose names have been mentioned. Gonzales elevation would also give the GOP a political boost with Hispanics, whose political strength and voting power has been making steady strides. Weekly Standard editor William Kristol, who last week correctly predicted that O Connor -- and not Chief Justice William Rehnquist -- would be leaving the court -- thinks that Mr. Bush will go with Gonzales. President Bush will appoint Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to replace O Connor, Kristol wrote. Bush certainly wants to put Gonzales on the Supreme Court. Presidents usually find a way to do what they want to do. Kristol, a conservative, expects Mr. Bush to placate fellow conservatives with two main arguments: Gonzales won t be replacing a conservat stanley water jug ive stalwart like Rehnquist, and is likely to be at least as conservative as O Connor, who was viewed as a court moderate. Mr. Bush will